Monterey is a waterfront community south of San Francisco. It’s a pretty little town where you can enjoy many water sports, including scuba diving, surfing and whale watching. We were lucky enough to spot a playful sea otter playing in the ocean when we were there, but sometimes you can also see harbor seals and […]

Today, Polly decided to stop at The Casselman Restaurant in Grantsville, Md. for a short stack of pancakes w/sausage. The restaurant is part of a hotel/motel that sits along US Route 40, which was the original route west to the Ohio Valley when our nation was still young. The original building […]

I love to try out new restaurants, and recently Candee, Debbie and I found an Egyptian restaurant in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. that we just had to try. The name of the restaurant is Sphinx of Pa and is the only Egyptian cuisine in Central Pennsylvania. The restaurant is owned and run by two really nice people […]

There are some things a frog knows and other things that enter into the realm of the unknown. Recently, I visited Puccini Restaurant in Cumberland, Maryland and was surprised to find out that it just might be haunted! If you’re into that stuff, you have to wonder why it wouldn’t be. The beautiful building that […]

Today, Debbie, Candee, and I went to a great restaurant called Laila’s Kitchen. It specializes in Afghan-Persian food and was very tasty. Debbie and Candee each had the chicken and veggie kabob meal at the recommendation of one of the owners. It came with a small salad, tender chicken kabobs, vegetables, basmati rice and a […]

Recently Polly #3, Polly #14, and Polly #32 went shopping at the Mall of America(MOA) in Bloomington, Minnesota. The MOA’s claim to fame is that it’s the second largest mall in North America and the largest mall in the United States. The West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Canada reigns supreme in the category of mammoth […]

Sometimes when a local high school closes down, all of its history is gone as well. The only thing that’s left is a dusty building that slowly falls into dilapidation. However, this isn’t the case in Oldtown, Md. The former home of the Oldtown Indians now serves three purposes: the school’s gym is […]

Dalat is in the highlands in southern Vietnam. It is much cooler there compared to the rest of Vietnam, and is mostly full of farming communities, where people grow everything from tea to strawberries and corn. We met a group of guys with a motorcycle club that offered tours around Dalat and through Vietnam. We […]

Have you ever seen the movie called “Mystic Pizza”? Well Debbie, Candee and I were in Mystic Connecticut recently and saw the restaurant that was the inspiration for the movie. We decided to eat there (even though we were being very touristy), and while we were there we talked to our waitress and learned a […]